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SteveWZ · Post by **SteveWZ** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 5:44 am

"What is the best sounding DAW??...."

The concern about DAWs should be more about functionality and efficiency.
Which one do you find the most intuitive....?

Russell Grand · Post by **Russell Grand** » Fri Aug 04, 2017 6:21 am

Redmerkurii wrote:Nothing will ever surpass Babya Logic for it's sonic clarity. dexterity and depth.

Sparky77 · Post by **Sparky77** » Sun Aug 06, 2017 5:41 am

Volkswagen is my fav.

Jax Pok · Post by **Jax Pok** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 10:31 pm

All sound the same.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Sat Sep 16, 2017 10:34 pm

Jax Pok wrote:All sound the same.

I guess Novation need to make a DAW to please you

Tappistry · Post by **Tappistry** » Sun Sep 17, 2017 6:02 am

The best sound is inside my head.

Maybe the new Apple FaceID with Bionic Power will help me get the ideas out of my head into the DAW in record times. The irony is that they call it Logic Pro when it's the other side of the brain that's doing all the work, ime.

brainzistor · Post by **brainzistor** » Sat Sep 23, 2017 4:38 am

replicant X wrote:There will be many arguments but I feel every DAW have different sounds.

Ableton sounds wide, loud and clear.
Bitwig sounds detailed on quiet part but darker than Ableton.
I think Cubase have something like psychoacoustic technics.
It sounds very different.
Logic have a artifact on high-frequency when it reached the certain point.
Mutools Mulab sounds very clear, sounds like Protools.
I didn't like Reaper 4's week thin sound, but Reaper 5 have very natural sound.
And I really feel FL studio sounds darker than others.

I don't know why and some of these maybe placebo effects.
But I feel differences.

You do realize that your perception of sound coming from DAW's is connected to DAW's UI ?
FL Studio and Bitwig have darker UI's, so they sound darker than other DAW's.

You do realize that you can make Reaper to sound like Logic, Bitwig, ProTools and Cubase
if you install skins of those DAW's?

fedexnman · Post by **fedexnman** » Sat Sep 23, 2017 4:50 am

Their supposed to sound all the same , but I'd use the one that sounds best to you , or at least mix in one that sounds the best to you. Plugin delay compensation , latency to aux buses , using effects plugins etc etc , can all factor in DAW to DAW . Zeros and ones mathes ... Im sure someone will tell me Im wrong here in a minute . I think DAWs do sound different . But oh well im wrong .

Tp3 · Post by **Tp3** » Sat Sep 23, 2017 5:03 am

Jafo · Post by **Jafo** » Sat Sep 23, 2017 5:53 am

Best sounding DAW? Easy -- it's whatever I didn't use most recently. Grass is always greener, ya know?

solomute · Post by **solomute** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 10:53 am

The best sounding daws go in this order from best to worse:
1. Saw studio (32bit only). No distortion to soundbanks at all.
2. Digital perfomer 9.5 (win7,8,10). No distortion to soundbanks at all.
3. Samplitude\sequoia (this makes sound too soft). Soundbanks are distorted.

All the rest are not worth mentioning because they are crappy. Those crappy include all other daws not mentioned in the above list. I personally have tried nuedo (sweet tubelike sound distorted), mixbus32 (all the way oversaturated), protools (nothing good totally), tracktion (cheap algos), reaper (too soft, undetailed, overdithered).

Thus you can make a conclusion that those dozes of daws that exist are a kind of distraction from the possibility to get a pro sound. The same concerns vst plugins. You should avoid all vst fxs except vst instruments since there is no other way to use soundfonts or it's better to rewire soundfonts from the standalone sampler into the daw if possible (which is almost impossible). You should use only internal native plugins of digital performer. I've got to know from some secret sources that you should not upgrade your mac os over lion to preserv good sound. Also very old versions of logic for mac os are on position between saw studio and digital perfomer. Nowadays you have no other choise than use the digital performer.

stardustmedia · Post by **stardustmedia** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 10:56 am

replicant X wrote:There will be many arguments but I feel every DAW have different sounds.

Ableton sounds wide, loud and clear.
Bitwig sounds detailed on quiet part but darker than Ableton.
I think Cubase have something like psychoacoustic technics.
It sounds very different.
Logic have a artifact on high-frequency when it reached the certain point.
Mutools Mulab sounds very clear, sounds like Protools.
I didn't like Reaper 4's week thin sound, but Reaper 5 have very natural sound.
And I really feel FL studio sounds darker than others.

I don't know why and some of these maybe placebo effects.
But I feel differences.

hahaha... good one, if you're joking... do you?

stardustmedia · Post by **stardustmedia** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 10:58 am

solomute wrote: All the rest are not worth mentioning because they are crappy. Those crappy include all other daws not mentioned in the above list. I personally have tried nuedo (sweet tubelike sound distorted), mixbus32 (all the way oversaturated), protools (nothing good totally), tracktion (cheap algos), reaper (too soft, undetailed, overdithered).

overdithered...

made my day

stardustmedia · Post by **stardustmedia** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 11:00 am

Another serious answer from a different point of view:

I believe that all major DAWs do produce pro results in sound. I get a lot of good mixes done in any of those major DAWs, and I get crappy mixes from all those DAWs. If your mixes suck, it's 99% not the DAW, but you.

So I'd recommend to get that DAW, that supports your workflow the best. So your creativity is not hindered and flows and flows, and grows beyond yourself. THIS will result in good music!

solomute · Post by **solomute** » Fri Sep 29, 2017 11:06 am

I believe that all major DAWs do produce pro results in sound.

This troll is a lier. Caution!